Apparatus for the production of carbureted air.



No. 831,374. PATENTED SEPTJ18, 1906.

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APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GARBURETED AIR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Appli ati n filed December 22, 1903. Serial No. 186.235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDRE PERRIER, engineer, of 47 Place St. Michel, Marseilles, Re-

public of France, have invented an Improved Apparatus for the Production of Carbureted Air, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to carbureting apparatus and it consists substantially in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this kind which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its embodiment, as well as portable, and which also may be easily controlled or regulated. I

A further object is to provide a carbureting apparatus which is thoroughly effective for its purposes, besides being reliable in operation and possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view minus the front of the cabinet, the said view being partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of certain of the elements of the apparatus, said view being also partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of certain of the elements of the apparatus, said view being also partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view in detail. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating certain features of construction more clearly.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I preferablyernploy a cabinet in which the entire apparatus is located, the said apparatus comprising a device for forcing atmospheric air into a container therefor, said device being operated from a suitable motor supported at the upper part of an air-tank conveniently located within the cabinet. I also employ an air collector of special construction, whereinthe air is relieved of any impurities with which it may be laden and from which the purified air is conducted to a speciallyconstructed heater therefor disposed within the air-tank. I also employ specially-constructed carbureter-boxes to which the heated air is conducted from the air-tank, together with special means for-supplying each carbureter-box with a hydrocarbon fluid with which the air is saturated to form a gas. Special means are employed to supply the hydrocarbon fluid to a distributer therefor, and the gas formed in the carbureter-boxes is collected in a receiver therefor, whence it is conducted to a gas-holder and thence through a suitable conductor to any place for consumption or utilization.

I have herein illustrateda certain preferred embodiment of my improvements; but it will be understood that I am not limited to the details thereof in practice, since immaterial changes may be made therein coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings by the designating characters marked thereon, 20 represents a suitable cabinet or casing in Which the entire apparatus is placed or located so as to be readily portable, and located beneath the bottom of the cabinet is an air-container (1*, into which atmospheric air is forced by means of a bellows a, connecting therewith, which is operated from a motor 0, having driving connection with a crank a, which in turn is connected to the bellows by means of a rod a Said motor is supported at the upper part of an air-tank W, and leading from the air-container a is an air-conducting pipe 1, which extends upwardly within an air-collector 6, comprising a suitable cylinder containing a sealing liquid, as water, and working within which is a bell or drum 6 which is adapted to rise and fall with the variations of pressure of the air withinthe collector. Located centrally of the collector is a pipe 2, which normally extends above the surface of the liquid within the collector, the lower end thereof being in communication with the atmosphere and the upper end of which is normally closed by a cap or valve 1), having a flexible connection b with the said bell or drum 11 The length of said flexible connection is such that whenever the volume of the air within the collector exceeds certain limits the rising of the bell or drumwill cause the cap or valve 1) to be opened relatively to the upper end of the pipe 2, whereupon some of the contained air will pass downwardly through this latter pipe to the atmosphere, as will be apparent. Also leading from the air-space above the liquid in the purifier is the upper end of an air-conducting pipe 3,

the lower end of which is in connection witha heating-coil h, the upper end of which is in communication with the interior of the airtank h said coil inclosing a burner g, as shown. The heating of the air in its flow through the heating-coil causes it to become rarefied within the interior of the said tank, and, if desired, the motor 0 may be driven or operated by some of the heated air through the employment of suitable connections (not shown) for the purpose. Said motor, however, may be driven or operated in any other preferred manner. The heated air is conveyed from the tank k preferably by means of a plurality of conducting-pipes 4, which are in communication with a plurality of carbureter-boxes e, as shown, and communicating with each of said carbureterboxes is a feed-pipe 0, leading from a distribthe boxes from the said feed-pipes 0, and

thereby becomes saturated with the fluid, the saturated air passing through the spaces between the bars 6 so as to be broken up or divided into streams, after which it passes through the charcoal and is relieved of the excess of fluid with which it may be laden, the gas thus formed passing upwardly from the carbureter-boxes through pipes 11 into a gas-receiver i, located above said boxes, and leading from the upper part of which is one end of a gas-conducting pipe 5, the other end of which is carried upwardly within a gas-holder f, provided with the usual risingand-falling bell or dome f said gas-holder being provided interiorly with a liquid forming a seal between the interior thereof'and the said bell or dome f. Leading from the space within the gas-holder f is the upper end of a gas-outlet pipe 6, which leads downwardly through the bottom of the gas-holder, thence outwardly through the side of the cabinet 20 to any suitable place at which the gas is to be consumed or utilized. Leading from the gas-outlet pipe 6 within the cabinet is a gas-supply pipe g, communicating with the burner g, said supply-pipe being provided with a suitable regulating-valve 9 as shown, it bein noted that the bell or dome b of the air-collector b is guided in its movements by means of vertical rods 6 while the hell or dome f 2 of the gas-holder f is similarly guided in its movements by vertical rods f. (See Fig. 1.)

Such of the hydrocarbon fluid as may not become vaporized within, the carbureterboxes 6 flows from said boxes through outlets 9 9 and 9, which are in communication with a receiver 1), which in turn is in communication with the lower part of an overflow-tank d, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) the said receiver having also in communication therewith the lower end of a pipe 10, leading from an oil-distributer m for the purpose of carrying off the overflow therefrom. The hydrocarbon fluid is supplied to a tank 7c, seated on I the bottom of the cabinet 20, through a valvecontrolled pipe 7 leading from the bottom of a reservoir elevated at a suitable height, as shown in Fig. 1, it being observed that the gas-conducting pipe 5 is provided with a suitable regulating-valve s. The hydrocarbon fluid enters the tank d from tank 7c through the connecting-pipe 8, and said fluid may be forced into the distributer m through pipe 0% by means of a suitable piston 16, (see Fig. 5,) working in the tank d and which may be operated from the cranka by means of a connecting-rod n. In this way said tank d and piston 16 constitute practically an ordinary force-pump, the said pipe 0% leading from the side of the tank (1 near the bottom thereof, the same having a check-valve for controlling communication between the two. The connection 8 between the tanks 7c and d is provided at its point of communication with k with a check-valve 13 for preventing the return of the hydrocarbon fluid thereto. check-valve 15 is located at the point of communication of the pipe 17 with the receiver 10, said pipe 17 leading from the receiver to said tank I) and which is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. When there is no overflow of hydrocarbon fluid within the receiver p, such fluid will be forced directly from tank 01 into the distributer m; but whenever the air-pressure within said receiver 1) is in excess of the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid within the tanks 7c and d it is apparent that such overflow will be first forced into the distributer m, whereupon when the receiver p is emptied of the overflow from the carburetor-boxes the supply of the hydrocarbonfluid to the said distributer m will be taken directly from the interior of the tank d.

If desired, a siphon-pipe f leading from the gas-holder to and around the motor 0, may be employed for cooling the motor by flow of liquid from the gas-holder to the end of the siphon-pipe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A carbureting apparatus, comprising an air-collector, a burner, a heating-coil in communication with the collector, and surrounding the burner, an air-tank inclosing the coil, a plurality of carbureter-boxes, a plurality of pipes for conducting off the heated air from the-tank to said boxes, means for supplying the carbureter-boxes with hydrocarbon fluid, a receiver for the gas formed in these boxes, a gas-holder, a gas-conducting pipe leading thereinto from said receiver, and a as-distributing pipe leading from the gasho der.

2. A carbureting apparatus, comprising an air-collector, a burner, a heating-coil for the air, surrounding the burner, an air-tank inclosing the coil, and with which the latter has communication, a plurality of carbureterboxes, a plurality of pipes for conducting the heated air from the tank to said boxes, a distributer for the hydrocarbon fluid, connections from the distributer to the carbureterboxes, a receiver for the gas formed in the carbureter-boxes, and a gas-holder.

3. A carbureting apparatus, comprisingan air-collector, a burner-heater for the air inx eluding a burner, a carbureter-box into which the heated air is conducted, a distributer for the hydrocarbon fluid, a connection therefrom to the carbureter-box, a receiver for the gas formed in the carbureter-box, a gasholder in communication with said receiver, an outlet for the non-volatilized fluid from the carbureter-box, a receiver for this fluid, a tank with which the receiver has communication, a pump in the tank, and a supplypipe to the distributer from said tank.

The foregoing specification of my improved apparatus for the production of carbureted air signed by me this 11th day of December,

ANDRE PERRIER. Witnesses: HANSON C.COXE,

MAURICE I-I. PIGNET. 

